Introduction to the Tea and Fruit Festival in Licha Village: The Tea and Fruit Festival, also called "Xingcun", is celebrated every year on the third day of the first lunar month by the villagers of Licha by hosting a banquet for relatives and friends, burning firecrackers, performing lion dances and other activities. The villagers of Licha mostly use rice flour to steam the tea fruit. There are dozens of delicacies such as steamed tea fruit, fried dumplings, and water chestnuts. The production time is mainly concentrated during the Spring Festival and autumn, which happens to be the time to visit relatives and friends during the festival. It is a custom in Licha Village that on the Tea and Fruit Festival, a girl who is married to another village must go back to her natal home to visit her parents and brothers, and also bring her parents-in-law with her.

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